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Signpost public speaking5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Adapted from Joyce Ferguson, “Speaking Across the Curriculum at UNCG,” in Communication Across the UNCG Curriculum: A Guide for Faculty, ed. Avoid using “Thank you” as your conclusion. ![]() Nodding back to the introduction can alert the audience that the speech has come to an end and provides a satisfying sense of final closure. Then make a clear transition to the next major section. Support the point with data, cases, description, relevant studies, etc.Signpost the point (“First, I’m going to point out the problem with.” My second argument is that.” “Now let me explain my methodology.”).For each major section of your presentation, follow the “4 S Structure” 1: Organize your talk logically and clearly around 2-3 main points or arguments. Preview the presentation’s structure, content or approach to let the audience know how the presentation will unfold.Let your audience know what they’ll learn. Now that your audience knows why they should care, state your thesis or goal. Watch Simon Sinek’s TED talk for inspiration. The best presentations begin by answering “why.” In other words, why you are excited about your research or speech topic, and most important, why the audience should care. ![]() Start with a story, a startling statement, statistic, or a question that grabs your audience’s attention. Ultimately, the outline of your speech will have an introduction, a body and a conclusion. You can’t introduce what you haven’t written yet, so begin with the body of the speech first. Now that you have your purpose statement, you can write your Introduction, right? WRONG!īegin writing your speech by outlining the body of the speech first.
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